Making plans for spring helps fight off winter blahs

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Jan 12, 2014 at 12:01 AMJan 12, 2014 at 3:14 PM

These are the times that try gardeners' souls. Slush, cold, clouds and waiting, waiting, waiting for spring. If you're starting to feel a little, well, crazy, you're not alone. Here are a few ideas to keep you going while you're waiting for that first warm breeze in March.

“There’s no hard science that says it happens then or it happens now,” said Mark Paquette, a meteorologist at AccuWeather — but a January thaw usually happens sometime.

“You can only have so much cold air dominate for so long,” he said. “Almost every winter we get a little break.”

If you’re suffering cabin fever, study the long-range forecast and plan to take the day off work when temperatures are expected to rise. Inspect your shrubs, pull some dead annuals and bask in that most precious commodity — sunshine.